Kelley v. Licensed Foster Parents

This is a case involving termination of parental rights by the Family Court of Jefferson County, Alabama.

We granted a petition for writ of certio-rari to the Court of Civil Appeals to review the propriety of its affirmance of the judgment of the Family Court of Jefferson County, denying relief on a Rule 60(b), A.R. C.P., motion to the natural parents of an illegitimate child. 410 So.2d 894. The poignant plea of these young parents for custody of their first-born child deserved and received careful and considerate attention by two of our courts. Nevertheless, they have not met with success.…